Combination laundry-table.



A. LAFOURCADE. communion LAUNDRY TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-27.1915.

Patentd Sept. 5, 1916.

AUGUSTE LAFOURCADE, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

COMBINATION LAUNDRY-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5., 1916.

Application filed November 27,1915. Serial No. 63,782.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Auoosrn LAFOURCADE, acitizen of France, residing at New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombination Laundry- Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry apparatus and has for its principalobject the provision of a structure of this character which may beinstantly converted from an article of one design and for a particularpurpose to an article of another design for a different purpose and onewhich may be made to occupy little floor space while in use.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a deviceof this character which will include a drying and draining frame, a driptray and a washing tub, the latter being adjustably mounted beneath theformer and adapted to be associated or related thereto whereby to permitthe clothes as they are taken from the tub to be placed upon the frameat the convenience of the user.

.In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which likereference numerals indicate similar parts throughout the several views:Figure 1 is a perspective view of the structure showing the table topremoved and the tub extended from one side of the stand. Fig. 2 is avertical section therethrough showing the table top in its normalposition. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the table top. Fig. 4; is asectional perspective view of a portion of the tub showing the lockingmeans therefor.

With a view to providing a combination laundry structure which will besimple, strong, durable and inexpensive and one which includes severaluseful sub-structures, convertible from one to another at theconvenience of the user and also a device which will occupy butcomparatively little floor space, use is made of a stand 1 consisting ofvertical legs 2, a lower frame 3 and a top frame 4. The legs 2 extendabove the-top frame 4.- and as illustrated in Fig. 2, they are adaptedto be inserted in sockets 5 in a top 6, the latter being formed ofporcelain or other suitable well known material, and said top isdesigned to normally over-lie the super-structure of the device andpartly conceal the same and thereby add to the general attractiveness ofthe device.

Slidably mounted upon the lower frame 3 is a tub 7 having a pair of legs8-8 which are adapted to support the same in an operative position asshown in Fig. 1. At the opposite end the said tub is provided with stopplates 99 having keeper passages 10 therein to receive the lower ends 11of sliding keeper plates 12. These keeper plates are supported from theadjacent legs 2 of the device and when adjusted so as to cause said ends11 to extend through the passages 10, it is seen that the tub-will beeffectually held against sliding movement. The adjust ment of the tub toan extended position is limited through the fact that the plates 9 comein contact with the mentioned adjacent legs 2.

A drain tray 13 is mounted upon the upper frame 4, being provided with abottom 14, sides 15-15, an end wall 16 and a mouth shaped discharge end17. The bottom 1 L is inclined in the direction of the mouth 17 and thelatter opens directly into the tub 7 when said tub is extended to theposition illustrated in Fig. 1. A horizontally disposed reticulatedmember or clothes support 18 is removably mounted upon the drain trayand the same is adapted to hold the clothes spaced from the bottom ofsaid tray whereby to permit of a thorough draining of the clothes asthey are conducted from the tub. By spacing the support 18 from thebottom of the drain tray, provision is made for air entering under thesupport which will tend to effect a drying of the clothes during thedraining thereof.

When the tub is not in use, it may be extended under the frame 4: andthe top 6 then placed in position upon the extended upper ends of thelegs 2 and the device, as a whole made to assume a. comparativelycompact and neat package as will be observed. The bottom of the tub maybe pro- Vided With a drain tube 20 and a removable plug 21 of usualpattern and as indicated in Fig. 2. I

What is claimed as new is A laundry apparatus comprising a stand, adrain tray mounted thereon, a tub movably mounted on the stand, stopscarried by the tub and engageable with the stand to limit the movementof the tub, and keepers movably mounted on the stand and engage- 10 ableWith the stops to fix the tub with rela tion to the stand.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUSTE LAFOURCADE. Witnesses:

ANNA V. DOYLE, GEO. A. BYRNE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patente Washington, D. G.

